A young woman with six weeks amenorrhoea presents with mass abdomen. USG shows empty uterus. Diagnosis is:

Ans. is b, i.e. Ectopic pregnancyRef. Dutta Obs 7/e p 182, 183; Shaw 14/e, p 244, 245Well friends--a young woman presenting with 6 weeks of amenorrhea and USG showing empty uterus could either mean it is an ectopic pregnancy or abortion. In abortion - patient will give history of bleeding, pain but mass in abdomen does not favour it.